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challenges remain in Virginia and Missouri. Virginia currently is represented in the House by six Democrats and five Republicans who were elected from districts imposed by a court after a bipartisan redistricting
Republican incumbents if the map is redrawn. “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,” he pledged. Several challenges to Virginia’s redistricting
redistricting commission and let lawmakers directly implement a new map. The Virginia delegation to the U.S. House is currently six Democrats and four Republicans and could go to 10-to-1 under
Virginia Democrats expect from a recent redistricting referendum, which is being challenged in state court there. Florida’s new districts are certain to face lawsuits as well, especially because the state constitution prohibits redistricting
challenges. “A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA!” Trump wrote in a post on TruthSocial. “All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very
Virginia’s 11 districts. In the current delegation, Democrats hold six seats and Republicans five. The referendum, which changes the state constitution to set aside through the 2030 census a nonpartisan redistricting process voters authorized
Republican-held seats, and the election in Virginia is now the second time that a Democratic gerrymander will be decided at the ballot box. The commonwealth’s referendum would change the constitution to set aside
redistricting showdown, as courts weigh whether lawmakers can remake House districts outside the normal post-census cycle – with control of a narrowly divided Congress potentially hanging in the balance. Virginia’s top court
Republican lawmakers from Florida who Democrats will “aggressively target”. “We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win, he added. “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” Though Virginia
challenges. Critics have questioned the ballot wording and the process used by lawmakers. The Virginia Supreme Court has allowed the vote to go ahead while reviewing those concerns. If it later finds that rules were
Republican and Democratic-controlled legislatures in Missouri, California, Utah, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas have since followed suit. The campaign was kicked into overdrive when the US Supreme Court ruled last week that
redistricting battle between the two parties that is also playing out in Virginia. Virginia voters on 21 April approved a new Democratic-drawn congressional map in a special election that could have flipped four Republican
Republicans. “This goes beyond [Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia), and what started in Texas didn’t stay in Texas, and what started here will not stay here either,” said the state senate president pro tempore
challenges, be adopted in time for the 2026 midterms. Currently, Republicans hold 20 House seats in the state to the Democrats’ seven, with one more vacant following last week’s [resignation](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-congress-democrat-resignation)
Virginia’s vote last week, in which Democrats were expected to net four seats, largely neutralised Republican redistricting gains. Florida’s new map again gives Republicans the edge in seats gained in the redistricting flurry
redistricting. - 🎧 **Protesters from Tennessee's blue cities argue that the new map will silence the voices of voters** who support Democrats. These voters make up roughly a third of the state's population, according
challenges and political headwinds, especially after [Democrats flipped](https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5773367) two Republican-held legislative seats in the state earlier this year. Reshaping districts could spread out Republican votes, making some safe Republican seats [more
redistricting in seven states – including Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, California, Utah, and Virginia. Most recently, Florida’s legislature on Wednesday passed a new congressional map, creating 24 districts expected to go to Republicans, up from
Republican-led states have followed Trump's call and Democratic-led states have countered it. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [With Virginia vote
Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump's national GOP redistricting push](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress) At a house with windchimes out front, he meets Pat Murphy, who asks what Buck thinks of the president